Office
2015 · South Korea · 111 min
- Director
- Hong Won-chan
- Music
- Kim Tae-seong
- Production company
- Little Big Pictures
Cast
What it is about
A seemingly mild-mannered office worker returns home after a workday and kills his family. As police open an investigation, a detective questions the man's colleagues, who grow frightened after new incidents in the building. The company, concerned about its reputation, obstructs the police work, and suspicion spreads among those who still work there.
How it was made
Directed by Hong Won-chan, with a screenplay by Choi Yun-jin and music by Kim Tae-seong, the film is a South Korean production from Little Big Pictures. Its cast includes Go Ah-sung, Park Sung-woong and Bae Seong-woo, among others, and it blends police procedural with slasher and mystery elements. Most of the story unfolds in an office setting, which heightens the sense of confinement and mutual surveillance among the characters. The running time is 111 minutes.
Reception and legacy
The film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, a slot often used for thrillers and genre cinema. The sources consulted do not list awards or a detailed critical reception, so its place in South Korean genre cinema rests mainly on its treatment of the workplace as a setting for horror.
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